Add UX Manager as a new core maintainer role

Created on 24 April 2025, 2 days ago

Problem/Motivation

The core leadership doesn't have any UX role defined that can help improve and direct Drupal and any user-facing responsibility falls into the Project Manager. I'm proposing to elevate the role of UX on the leadership team so UX and design have it's own voice on the decision-making process.

Steps to reproduce

Proposed resolution

Remaining tasks

User interface changes

API changes

Data model changes

πŸ“Œ Task
Status

Active

Component

Definitions

Created by

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈSpain ckrina Barcelona

Live updates comments and jobs are added and updated live.
Sign in to follow issues

Merge Requests

Comments & Activities

  • Issue created by @ckrina
  • πŸ‡³πŸ‡ΏNew Zealand quietone

    I didn't expect the significant changes here to the Product manager role. Not yet sure if I agree or disagree with all those changes.

    Is a 'Needs UX manager review' tag needed?

  • πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈSpain ckrina Barcelona

    Collaborating with product and framework managers to ensure UX solutions are feasible, scalable, and aligned with strategic priorities

    @quietone @catch with your feedback basically I would have listed everyone, so let's just say Leadership team as for the Product manager?

    I didn't expect the significant changes here to the Product manager role.

    Both @lauriii @gΓ‘bor hojtsy and @dries reviewed and agreed with this changes. The way the Product manager role was explained wasn't reflecting what a Product manager usually does, plus incorporated all user-facing responsibilities that belong to UX. Since I muved all the user-facing tasks and responsibilities under the UX manager (and explained them) I added what is expected from a Product manager nowadays. Is there any specific feedback I could address?

    Is a 'Needs UX manager review' tag needed?

    We do have "Needs usability review" and that's just a small part of UX. UX means the whole user experience or also design and UI. One thing is make sure that something is usable, the other is getting a +1 of someone that has in mind the user flows for the task and can get a holistic overview, which would be the UX manager and not a normal contributor that might lack the whole context. They are 2 different responsibilities/kind of reviews.

Production build 0.71.5 2024